September 2015 Newsletter
Post date: Sep 05, 2015 4:33:27 PM
One Page News
Monthly Newsletter of the Greater Orange County Coin Club
Largest and Best Coin Club in Orange County
Member ANA, CSNA and NASC
President Jeff Stahl Vice President Mike Ontko
Treasurer Chris Caldwell Secretary Bill Pfeifer
Auctioneer Mark Baskin
Meeting Location: Costa Mesa Community Center (Costa Mesa Room)
1845 Park Ave.(south of 19th and west of Harbor) Costa Mesa
Meetings: Second Tuesday of Every Month @ 7:00 PM
Next Meeting: September 8, 2015@ 7:00 PM
Speaker:
Our guest speaker for our meeting is Rev. Ava Park, Founder and Curator of The
Museum of Goddess History and Culture, a unique museum near John Wayne
Airport, educating the public about the veneration of goddess in ancient times. Ava
is an international expert in goddess mythology, history, culture and lore, and will
be sharing with us a few interesting facts about the history of selected female
deities on coins, including a discussion of the hidden historical background of
“Lady Liberty.” Ava has a degree is goddess theology and, in addition to The
Museum of Goddess History and Culture, has also founded and currently directs
the only fully functioning modern-day goddess temple of its kind in the world, The
Goddess Temple of Orange County.
Refreshments: David Pai
Special Guests: Manny and Beret Acosta, owners of Huntington Beach Coin
Exchange
Minutes of August 2015 Meeting
Guests: Jon Awerkampʼs son Charles, continuing the tradition of the
Awerkamp family. Welcome back to Rodolfo and Jorge. We missed you.
Membership: So far, we have 66 paid up members for 2015.
Announcements: Our club sold over 25 books of tickets for the NASC
Golden States gold coin drawing at our last meeting alone and this certainly
accounted for some of our club members being winners. It was the usual
crowd winning gold coins, namely Bliss and Lynn. Roy Iwata won also from
a ticket bought through the Long Beach club. Thanks to all of you who
supported these ticket sales benefiting both our club and NASC.
I am happy to announce that Stan Gibson and Laurence Koike will be
providing coffee for our future meetings. Thanks again to Roy for tirelessly
providing this service to our club for the last several years.
Old and New Business: Chris Caldwell, our new treasurer, is interested in
your comments about the type of coins that we raffle off at each meeting.
What specific coins would you like to see? For example, silver American
Eagles, proof Eisenhower dollars, specific 20th century US silver coinage,
foreign coins, etc? Chris and I will be sending out a survey to determine
your interests. We want to offer coins that you really want to win!!
Donations: Thanks to the many members who continue to support our
club with their regular donations. This is a good time to thank Manny and
Beret for always supporting our club at their Huntington Beach coin store.
These contributions and support are greatly appreciated.
Education Program: Jerry Kleeb provided and interesting talk on
Byzantine Bronze coins. One comment that Jerry made was that silver
coins in the Byzantine era were more valuable than gold because of their
scarity.
Prizes: Jim Malone won the Dos Pesos gold coin.
Future Coin Shows: Note that the next North County Coin Show willl be held
on 9/13 at the Embassy Suites (off of Frontera Street in Anaheim). Also donʼt
forget the upcoming Long Beach show on September 17-19. See our club
website for more details and a full listing of all Southern California coin
shows: <www.occoinclub.com> .
Respectfully submitted,
Bill Pfeifer, Secretary , Greater Orange County Coin Club